[ubuntu-uk] Couple of questions...

[Wulfy]

Kirrus wrote:
> 2) Wine and Launchers
> I've installed a program called BibleWorks 4.0, using Wine.  It seems 
> to be working, but I can't create a shortcut to it.  Here's the problem:
> It's accessible at:
> /home/rick/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/BibleWorks 4.0/bworks95.exe
> If I open the terminal, go to the "BibleWorks 4.0" directory and then 
> type "wine bworks95.exe" everything runs perfectly.  If, however, I 
> type "wine /home/rick/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/BibleWorks\ 
> 4.0/bworks95.exe" - there's a problem.
> I think it does begin to launch BibleWorks, but the first thing 
> BibleWorks does is open a small window claiming not to be able to find 
> the registration files, and then refusing to go further.
> The upshot of this is that I don't know how to create a 
> shortcut/launcher to let me launch it without having to go through the 
> whole palava of open-terminal/cd-to-directory/launch-by-hand.
> Again not a big deal, but if there's something obvious I'm missing...
> (Kirrus - I thought, could make a shell script to do the cd etc.. but 
> there's got to be a better solution...)
I'm not familiar with the Windows program, but if you can't get it to 
work, there is always BibleTime, which may prove a substitute...  it's 
native Linux and in the repos...  :@)

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